António Manuel Seixas Sampaio da Nóvoa GCIP ComRB (born 12 December 1954) is a Portuguese professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Lisbon, and former Rector of the same university. He was defeated as a candidate in the January 2016 Portuguese presidential election. Distinctions Orders Grand Cross of the Order of Public Instruction, (4 October 2005) Commander of the Order of Rio Branco, (21 May 1999) References 1954 births Living people People from Valença, Portugal University of Geneva alumni Paris-Sorbonne University alumni Academic staff of the University of Lisbon Candidates for President of Portugal Permanent Delegates of Portugal to UNESCO